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Coach Teresa, what happened at Asian Heritage Street Celebration?

Everyday is an adventure for us writers. The AHSC street fair (on Larkin Street between Grove St. and Ellis St.) was yesterday May 21, 2011, 11:00am-6:00pm

Margie Yee Webb and I rendezvoused a bit after 8:00am at our booth to set up; we were assigned booth F-18 (the 300 block of Larkin St., just yards away from the Asian Art Museum).

Margie is a pro at staging–she brought strings of colorful paper lanterns, red table clothes, a pot of silk irises, California Writers Club literature, and her vibrant display of her gift book Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life.

I brought the blow-ups of our book covers; Margie had clips.

AHSC volunteers were friendly and helpful. Special thanks to Angela Pang of AsianWeek Foundation.

Patricia Tsang, M.D. was the third member of our booth. Dr. Tsang’s book is Optimal Healing: A Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine

The public couldn’t wait until 11:00am; they started browsing around 10:00am.

Lucian Dang, ESL teacher, invited me to be a guest speaker on his online class.

Margie’s sisters Pearl, Linda, Anna, Betty, and her nieces and nephews came to cheer for us. Patricia’s former patients were delighted to see retired Dr. Tsang at the street fair.

Dear friend Jonathan came by with his bicycle and baked goods!

Mona! What a surprise. Inge Horton, fellow member of Women’s National Book Association, showed up — what a treat!

Fred Glynn came by to show me his book Authors of the Bible. Fred said he was on the Internet looking for information on Claudia Boutote of Harper One . . . because I had “tagged” Claudia in my May 6, 2011 blog post, Fred found me through my blog ! My clients (if you’re reading this), are you smiling? Don’t I always encourage you to spend time “tagging” on cyberspace? Help your fans find you.

Elliotte Mao !!! Elliotte trekked all the way from the mid-Peninsula. CWC-SF Peninsula branch guest speaker was Scott James (aka Kemble Scott) and I would have been at that meeting if the street fair was another day.

More magic. James Scott (not Scott James) and his partner Richard came by our booth. James Scott illustrates architecture. He demonstrated this talent for Margie, Patricia and me to see.

Renel! The KISS 98.1 booth was directly across from our booth. Here I am — a Renel fan.

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Did Coach Teresa have fun? Yes! Being with colleagues, seeing friends, meeting folks who like to read and share the joy of reading, celebrating Asian American heritage, eating a Thai lunch, seeing the red dragon . . .